Towel cabinet



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G. A. STEINER TOWEL CABINET Filed Jan. '7, 1922 III/II "I'IIIIIIII'I'IIIIIIIIIIIII,

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ATTORNEYS v Patented May-15, 1923.

enoae'n ADOLPH s'rnmnn, OF SALT LAKE CITY, was, assmnon "r s'rnmnn saws COMPANY, or SALT LAKE CITY, Wren, A conrona'rron or UTAH.

TOWEL CABINET.

Application filed January 7, 1922. Serial No. 527,749.'

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Be it known that 1, Greece A. STEINER, a citizen of the United ,States,.resident of Salt Lake City, count of Salt Lake, State of Utah, have invente certain new and useful Improvements in Towel Cabinets, of which the following is a specification.

The object of my invention is to provide a towel cabinet of the typewhere the clean towel is dispensed or delivered from the roll and the soiled portion simultaneously wound upon another roll.

A further object is. to provide improved means for guiding and preventin the soiled '15 portion of the towel from twisting during its passage tothe soiled towel roll and also preventing any' unauthorized person from having access to the clean towel roll.

Other objects of the invention will appear from the following detailed description.

The invention'consists generally in various constructions and combinations, all as hereinafter described and particularly pointed out in the claims. I In the accompanying drawings forming part of this specification,

Figure 1 isa vertical sectional view through a. towel cabinet embodying my invention, on line 1-1 of Fig. 2,

Figure 2 is a-sectional view on the line 2-2 of Figure 1.

Figure 3 is a detail view of the feed roll chain drive.

In the drawing, 2 represents: a cabinet having a front door 3 which, when Opened, allows access to the towel roll within. The side walls of the cabinet have guidewa s 4 and 5 for the cleanand soiled towel ro ls 6 and 7 mounted on shafts 8 and 9, the ends of said shafts being adapted to. slide in the ideways 4 and 5 and rest by, gravity upon t e feed orcontrol rolls 10 and 11 mounted on shafts 12 and 13 and having a driving sprocket chain 14 between them so that 46 when one feed roll is revolved, a simultaneous movement will be imparted also to the other roll.

I prefer to mount the clean towel roll .in

the lower guideways 4 and allow the clean portion of the towel to depend therefrom through the bottom of the'cabinet and to prevent anyone from reaching up'under the clean towel roll or having access thereto through the bottom of the cabinet, I prefer 56 to mount a bracket 15 on the door 3 which,

when the door closed, will assume the posi tionshown in Figure 1 and compel the user of the towel to all downwardly in a direct line thereon any exert a considerable downward ressure on the clean towel roll and the ro l 10. The soiled portion of the towel, after use, is carried up in the rear of the cabinet to the soiled towel .roll to be wound thereon simultaneously with the unwinding of the clean towel.

I prefer to provide a shield in the rear of the cabinet consisting of side rails 16 pivoted at 17 in the rear of the soiled towel roll and depending to a'point near the bottom of the cabinet and having a cross panel 18 closing the space between the lowerrtion of the rails. Preferably, howeve a hand hole 19 is provided in this panel through which the operator may reach, when placing a clean roll of toweling in the cabi-- net, and grasp the soiled end topass' it up over the edge of the panel in the shield and wind it upon the soiled towel roll. A shelf- 20 preferably forms aihorizontal continuation of the lower end of the shield and overhan the brace 21 and is movable forward and back therein and 'co-o rates with said brace to close the gap at t e bot-.

tom of the cabinet in the rear of the clean towel roll and prevent any one from reachin up into the cabinet at this point.

%he side rails of the shield may be shorter sothat their pivots will be. lower down in the cabinet, nearer the level of the soiledtowel roll. This, however, is a modification in construction which I have thought so obvious as to be unnecemry of. illustration.

A space 22 is rovided between the shieldand the rear wal of the cabinet wherein the soiled portion of the towel depends, and extends between the upper portions of the rails 16 forwardly to the soiled towel roll and there is wound upon this roll by'the operation of the feed or control roll 11 beof one'ofth' sprocket wheels. This latch atch 23, ar-

clean towel is exhausted, when 'as shown in Figure allows freedom of revolution of the s rocket wheels in one direction and positive y prevents backward movement thereof.

When this cabinet is set up, a loop of clean towel will depend through. the bottom of the cabinet and the user, grasping this, can unroll the desired amount, and as fast as the clean towel is unrolled, the soiled towel roll will be revolved to wind u the used portion. This will continue until the the cabinet is opened, the soiled towel removed, and a clean towel placed on the roll provided for that purpose.

The feed rolls 10 and 11 have roughened sur'faces;'preferably sand paper, to prevent the towel rolls from turning thereon, and. 1, the guideway of the soiled towel roll and the location of the guard or shield in the rear of the cabinet causes the soiled towel to be stretched at such an angle to its roll that when a backward pull 18 applied to the towel the soiled towel roll will bevdrawn against the walls of the guideway and wedged between these walls and the roughenedsurface of the feed roll, and consequently backward movement of the soiled towel roll will be prevented. This is an important feature of the cablnet, as it positively prevents any malicious or uninstructed person from grasping the soiled portion'of the towel a unwinding the roll. I claim as my invention:

-1. A towel cabinet comprising a casing, clean and soiled towel rolls mounted therein, feed rolls contacting b gravit respectively with said'towel' ro ls and aving a drivin connection between them, the clean towel epending through the bottom of the cabinet and extending upwardly in the rear thereof to the soiled towel roll, a shield pivotally mounted vertically in the rear of said cabinet and a shelf on said shield projecting forwardly and preventing access to the rear of the clean towel roll.

2. A towel cabinet com rising a casing, clean and soiled towel rol s mounted therein, feedrolls contacting b gravit respectivel with said towel ro s and aving a ,drivm connection between them, the clean towel epending below said cabinet and the soiled portion thereof being carried u-' wardly in the roar of said cabinet to "te soiled towel roll, a shield comprising side rails pivotally supported in the rear of said towel roll and depending in the rear of the cabinet and havin a paneled lower portion in the rear 0 which the soiled towel is stretched, and the upper portion of said shleld having an edge over which the soiled towel is carried forwardly to the soiled towel roll, said shield preventing contact of the soiled toweling with the clean towel roll.

it from its roll will weenie 3. A towel cabinet comprising a casing, clean and soiled towel rolls mounted therein, feed rolls contacting respectively with said towel rolls and having a driving connection between them, the clean towel depending through the bottom of the cabinet and extending upwardly in the rear thereof to the soiled towel roll, a shield mounted in the rear of the cabinet and having an upper portion over which the soiled towel passes to the soiled towel roll, a brace provided in si'tid casin beneath said clean towel roll and said shiel having a forwardly projecting shelf co-operating with said brace to close the bottom of said casing.

d. A. towel cabinet comprising a casing, clean and soiled towel rolls mounted therein, feed rolls contacting respectively with said towel rolls and having a driving connection between them, the clean towel depending through the bottom of the cabinet and extending upwardly in the rear thereof to the soiled towel roll, a shield mounted in the" rear of the cabinet and having an 'upper portion over which the soiled towel passes to the soiled towel roll, a braceprovided in said casing beneath said clean towel roll and said shield haying a shelf arranged to overhang and co-operate with said brace to close-the opening in the bottom of said casing.

5. A towel cabinet comprising a casin having slots therein, clean and soiled towe rolls mounted in the slots, feed rolls having roughened surfaces contacting respectively with said towel rolls, driving connections between said feed rolls, a, shield pivoted in the rear of the casing whereby soiled towel conveniently assed backof it, said shield having a towe ide so located as to guide the soiled towe to its roll at such an angle to the slots that backward pull applied to the soiled towel to unwind the soiled towel. roll against the feed ro for the-purpose specified. I

6. A towel cabinet. comprising a casing, clean and soiled towel rolls mounted therein, a feed roll contacting by gravity with one of said towel rolls, a second feed roll having a driving connection with the first feed roll, a clean towel depending from the cabinet, a shield ivoted in the rear of the ,said shield may be pulled forward and the my hand this 10th day of December 1921:

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